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Oldest person you know?

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Jenniferturkington · 17/11/2018 18:40

How old is the oldest person you know? Not someone you’ve heard about, but someone actually known to you.

I know an 89 year old but no one older.

OP posts:
BlackeyedGruesome · 17/11/2018 20:32

neighbour was over 100 when she died.

my cousins gran was 107 when she died.

C0untDucku1a · 17/11/2018 20:34

My gran is 87

Ragwort · 17/11/2018 20:39

My Dad is 88 & still playing tennis (outdoors) twice a week. I manage a charity shop & one of my volunteers will be 90 next year and plenty are in their mid-late 80s. One of our congregation at church has just died aged 100.

mybumpismostlypudding · 17/11/2018 20:43

My Great Nan is 103, 104 in January! She's always been very with it but in the last six months or so has slowed down a bit 😕 up until six months ago she was still doing everything for herself, even gardening! She's amazing 😍

MalcolmsBrokenWalrusMoneybox · 17/11/2018 20:47

A friend of my aunt is now 110.

ForalltheSaints · 17/11/2018 20:48

A neighbour of my mum who is 93 or 94, I think. The last person I knew who was alive in World War 1 died five years ago aged 95.

LaDaronne · 17/11/2018 20:52

DH's granny is 97 or 98.

Troels · 17/11/2018 20:57

Lady at work is 100 in January (she's a resident not working)

kenandbarbie · 17/11/2018 21:05

I used to know lots in their 80s and my daunt died age 91. But my dad died this year and now that whole generation of my family is dead!

ShineOnHarvestMoon · 17/11/2018 21:22

I have a colleague who will be celebrating their 90th birthday soon. They're still working.

AdoraBell · 17/11/2018 21:25

FIL, 85. Until a couple of weeks ago it was DH’s great aunt at 95.

Weebeastiebaby · 17/11/2018 21:27

I once cared for a man who was 104. We asked him about it one day when he was shouting at football on tv and he said he still felt like a teenager and had never felt any different.

E20mom · 17/11/2018 21:30

Great granny 97

Parttimewasteoftime · 17/11/2018 21:33

My Nanna is 93 still with it I am so grateful my DSs got to know her x She the queen's age she def the Queen of our family.

FluffyBunnyTails · 17/11/2018 21:36

DH's Nan, she turns 99 this month. Still bakes, cooks, cleans, walks up to town and lives by herself.

Juanbablo · 17/11/2018 21:42

Dh's grandad, who is 92. My great grandma was 94 but she died almost 8 years ago. She was the oldest person I've ever known.

Rockbird · 17/11/2018 21:47

A friend and work colleague who is about to turn 90. She has way more energy than I've ever had.

Catsandbootsandbootsandcats · 17/11/2018 21:51

My aunt is 91, still very active and looks far younger than her years. She's amazing!

Escolar · 17/11/2018 21:52

DH's granny was 92 when she died, but at present I can't think of anyone older than 82 (my Dad).

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 17/11/2018 22:07

My grandad is 91,My gran lived until she was 98

cookingteaforsix · 17/11/2018 22:08

My friends mum is 104!

RhinestoneCowgirl · 17/11/2018 22:09

DH's Nana is 96. Still completely with it, but sadly not so mobile these days.

missyB1 · 17/11/2018 22:10

My mum is 92 she’s amazing!

Littlebighorn · 17/11/2018 22:41

108, my DF’s SM’s sister, but like a grandma to me and my siblings.
Frail but sharp as a tack.

HildaZelda · 17/11/2018 22:43

FIL is 92, but not been too well for the past year or so. I'm not sure if he'll make it to 93 :(

I knew a lady who was 105 when she died. Sharp as a tack. Wore little heels, painted her nails and wore lipstick and blusher. Went out to bingo a couple of nights a week. Was doing all this right up to a week before she died, then got pneumonia and it took her in the space of a week.

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